https://youtu.be/enaVEPBacm8 Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Josephat. Born in Poland in the 17th century and raised Ukrainian Orthodox, Josephat was intent on joining the Ukrainian Church in Rome, which led to his murder in 1623. He was formally canonized a saint of the Eastern Rite in 1867. Let us pray. Stir up […]
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The Feast of Saint Martin of Tours
https://youtu.be/J5vMTITv5JI Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Martin of Tours. On a bitterly cold day, a famous legend goes, Martin met a poor man… almost naked, trembling from the cold, and begging from passerbys at the gate of the city. Martin had nothing but his weapons and his clothes. He drew his sword, […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Leo the Great, Pope
https://youtu.be/o0VIXdv3tlI Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Leo the Great, a pope who died in the year 461. Many of the prayers that we find in the Roman Missal today, come from his hand and he is credited with having saved Rome from marauding Huns and Vandals. Let us pray. O God, who […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral Church Saint John the Lateran in Rome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzQf2N-4Uhs Today the church celebrates The Feast of the Dedication of the Cathedral Church Saint John the Lateran in Rome. It is so called because the land on which the church stands was donated by the Latarani Family in the year 324. It is really the Cathedral Church of Rome. Saint Peters is not; Saint […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Charles Borromeo
https://youtu.be/W7o3AGqEZwk “The election is over. Whether we like the results or not, our democracy continues,” says Father Jerry in today’s homily, “So the question is, are we able to come together and continue the great American experiment? Can we put aside what divides us,and embrace the values that unite us? Do we possess the vision […]
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